USDA CONFIRMS SOYBEAN RUST IN UNITED STATES

Shouldn't be a problem this year

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the presence of soybean rust on soybean leaf samples taken from two plots associated with a Louisiana State University research farm on 11/06/04.

While this is the first instance of soybean rust to be found in the United States, the detection comes at a time when most soybeans have been harvested across the country. As a result of the harvest, the impact of the fungus should be minimal this year.

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